H it ! i o Somerset Herald. t$TtlMCO 11T. .s of Publication. fTt-r WedneU : morning at C OS jd la advance, otherwb fclAJ ehaTTed, " w-u be d-COTlinued until ail ' pi.i cp. ron.len Deflecting a , s-uIkt do not take out - . !ie tj pxmbl lui the scb- - ti --2 trum one poatottce to '"" . g- vc u the aanae of U former " ....en-.oice. Address --i S ntBsrr Hakald, SoMESsrr, Pa. 1 -U' 'AilNST-AT-LAW. NJTAKY PLBLJv, Sotaeraet Pa. - Hay, Eq- -T-T T i , oumaaxt. Pa. ..v riiai1' Bat-ting. ,vrT M. EEEKLFl, "'- . TTiiKSFY-AT-LAW. boslabAK. Pi. f . J. t xma. Eao, r EvLErlET. ArioAET-AT-LAW. f ..r-J;i-E. 6 mch - r.jE E- fCTI, I -" a:TVA'i"-AT-LAW, aomersev. rw. Ance-SET-AT-LAW. BQiaerte-. fra. C- r. V. 5:iECKtK, 4-- AVIv.i--I-i"W, i souverwei. Pa. . pr.- Eouse Sow, oppcaii Court i' J. G. Og 3 - N I I - uLr., f 6uUUT. Pa. i- ilivr.-SE AT-La. ' somerset, I- I nTlTh'-oXTZ. ? I ,r:. . A T.I AW I A'.V . rc -,r i; j ..:. ;.ou u dusm eu trusted f sow rww, u)u. Uiti Court f -.;:: hay, 3 " v T T A TA buineraet, Fa. :n Ke' EsiAie. ili Attend to aU u re wim pronpto U. I XL, AliuivSET-Al-. LAW, Mimead, rA ... .--t t:wr:d ui All buli;eHA exkintfld ' ooiicctiu: , c Of- i I'. KlM-CEL, si'mnsn, Pa., ci - ttu.-":ne enUJll to oia care . L. t. '. vi-te ou JAv u in etreel, a: ii;Y-AT-LAW, coiserwt. Pa. ; t jl y.-i- 3. . up ta iuiUoe ..l..r?t2.Al.Jt-d. Alitl teAi DliSUiAA- . .. 1 t- CoOAJU C'.'LBOE'. Ai:uiiiio-Al-LAW, oomenitrt. Fa. er.trir(l to our care will I . , a. : .:.:..t aturndod to. CoiAccuona ; uk;. iicuiwra ai1 aUuiuiit cxaiu . ..U ocovejAi rir. on r- Aiio-srr-AT-LAw, aumenet, Pa., i. ..? lu Soswnet asd adjoin :af eoan- ! - ; cnrd u a ui reco,e viitUTH A P.UPFEL, ATiVvElB-AI-A. autaeraet. Pa. a -:- to their care Ul bo -t : -i;. t . y aiuauctl to. 03:oe OB r 3". cakittheks, .m. d. . rri-iLiA Ai si 'A'. -"H, .- AEKaAT. PA. s i 7-. o t'jert, next door U) trUiUiiK 1 ?. K. -HAFFER. riisiA AU orRGEOS, SOUAAeAT. PA., 1. . : T:ii.;y oaice LtcAl dour to J ?.. 2. s. IF,T.T - 11 p-.frwaAl serrloee to the dt? ioLLiiU at tu oliic ou Maui at. J -.. .'. il. U'UTHLR. p:rAt;tiC7 ia Some -t the )LJ. i. M MILEEy, ' wa3Aoa m im"irf ,J - . A;2tioa toie piwi 1 ation of :" '-:a Ar.i'tl w ;t iu;rtd. Aii c : Fa -i j creeta. Oils! Oils! a .r ,z :.r tr.c l-iawuc lrmle -.i; a Jrg Lubricating Oils rKhand Gasoline, -DUCT Or PETROLEUM. 4( axtiiurnily Satisfactory Oils - . f U - -American Market, -t- Tr.-! tot Sk,-p . net and TkoaltT MrrUea Dy '-Tt eonsaacT. Pa. 'MTIG J03 PRUNING t SPECIALTY. HALHV 11 BLNSHOFF. WJFACTURIHG STATIQMER AND EU5K BOOK MAKER. HAXNAM BLOCK. jgHNSTQWN. PA. A'ter Mt. Ciemen3 Failed. Pmsr(.!i, Jtsfg U, 1L Hut hAii U.e rhmnaum fir ""' . a . i v of rr-a:jA. Aluo " c- ao.1 did r gt any -- ':.: rt,-umi:j' rtniT. ! .4 " V: .rni-:i. t-tit Aual m moch '' nt. tu ai.ua that 1 siATe'i at irw s, ,n: a i a.a ti aiMid W - I u i ,a ii - tt, oiy reia-ly on vurv K&-mn4uc lJrpT or Knee ;rn -aie Qutctua.te ilieeth eXs-netMie 1 f.ve I!ir lctim.--ir.aiof at -. freewll- I r r.-A f ja H;e?: ie the bo; aad eiv. -r-rQ. a ii i the be bl. yi punav r-ij; i-A.' :riz at a?.y p.. of Ui ('lcAAurctaeaii alal my Very resjK-tj:iv, f-i, - Uv)D3E. . " ' - i't, Pl!!lrg. Pa. - iW not kep ft, open receipt t-' r .t . t- r i,: kHid botUe. etAUJiA kH'H lt' v J5 Uurny upwt, rTOAtrfirfB, PA. I lie VOL. XLI. NO. 13 -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF- Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS S50.000. $10,000. DEPOSITS ntCCIVCOIN LARGE 01U AKOUMTS. PATABLC ON OeAaND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS FANHENS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS : LaRte M. Hicaa. W. H. Miixas, Jamab L. Ptok, Chaa H. Fuhib, Johjt R. Soott. Geo. K. Sctll, Fait W. Eicbiil Ebwaed Sctll, : : : : : Prsside-vt Valastiss Hat. : : Vui Fbesidest Habviy M. Bebklet, : : : CAaaixa. The funds snd seotiritieB of this bank Are secure! v protected in a celebrated Cor lias iiuiviar-proof safe. The only b&fe mAde Absolutely BarglAr-proof. Somsrsst County Rational Back Of Somerset, Pa. - h Dtaiilthrf. 18H. OrrMUee At l Nttieaii, t830. CAPITAL. $50,000. Cha. J. Han-ion, Pres't Wm. H. Koontr, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, ashier. Dirctors: Jona H. ffuvier, 'a"'"il. , . j..h H it a himwn .-Tiy lor, Jerome iu N Mwer, Sadi. B. HArrifCO. Civmer ol thl tUnk wl'A rerpiTe the nost U1taI ueatiaem cinjiirEt wii: nafe l:imf. r-aruea Rm( lo icaJ mom J or weal can be accomm.-iated b lrJl for tcousl Moo?y and taiua:Ics eeurrl by one or V.e bo'.d Oei:tratcd Sale, min most approved time tori- .. .... ColieetSon made !n aU paru 01 me SlAifA. Chary! mo-leraie. . Aoeooaa aad DcimaiU iolicted. BAn-S m FIDELITY Hit! Ml TBI CI. 121 A 123 Fourth Are., PITTSBURGH, PA. - - $1,053,003. Undivided Profits f 225,000 - A-ts as Ext-cator, Guardian, As-iirnee aDd Re-ivr. Wi;is rwi-,ted for and Lcid fr.-e of bar.e. Ea-inos of nsidi'Uts and non-rr.-i IvLts :r-fu!!y stu-adoi to. JOHN" B. JACKSON, - President. JAMES J. IOXXELL, Vice President. FRAXKLIX BKOWX, SemUry. JA5. C. CHAPLIX, Tieasnn-r. FANCY WORK, Some GifAt BArgAins is IRISH POINT LUNCH AND TRAY CLOTHS Bought below coet of tmr.?porAticn we Are selline At srrr-at Umm! l And colored Bedlor.t Cord Table Cov r, stArtped rrdy fArworkiDg. Smi ed Ci)tun Flannel Tlle Anl Casb ion Covers, Ssueed ITufh Cucijion Covers, BrKarran Art Cloth Table and Cushion Covers, a;! t.tAu.pr.l with Newert LVsiifns ; IIem-t:tcl.eJ Hot Eiscnit and Roll Napkins. A new and iarpe line of heru-::t bed Tray And Carring Ootha from Ula r.p. Stamped !Iem-rtiU cied Soari from o-x-M up. Tabin Covers from 00 cts. up. A fuii line cf FiureJ INDIA SILKS, All New Paltenu and Co'orir.t's. Also, Figured Plush, 24 and 33 inches wide, in beaaiifnl folora and lHisrA Art a!n S jaairs for the Oentrai Coer aaJ Cuuion Covers. "Vaban jSTetting, 6 inches wide, 5 een per yrvi. in Pir.k, Blw. OSive and Yellow. TH 5 NEW THIKli for Urapinp Mir.tirt atd lXrs, arl lor I'raiir;; Over Draperies. A new line cf Ht-ad-rw's. trjm i"c.np. Visit our Table Linen, Towel. Napkins, Mosiin. Sheeting and Linen Department, by ail means. & 41 FIFTH AVENUE. PitU lu?i. I FACTS That I sell the follow icg (roods at these low price: Two years old Pure Bye fJ M per taiion. 1 lire TOUT - " - " " 1 - - - S. O - Ten 4. -J Hfun - " - i M " T-.eniT-r.ne " - " " ., " , , . Aii IP. tae bert ksoea ditir-erA OalifiirTiia I-Tear-oii pore wiaea aii :art at 11 SO per tAi ioia. Kmne Slwrl. clam. Munnaa. skerry atid Port Wine A.r-c Impor-AiiouA ir. j:1a t-ure IcponeJ Brmr lies. (iua, t in lowi ff urea. Uail ur mud lor i-poai frti- hi. Malt order piumpCy AUef)el lo. ha ezira etarje ot txiilLt Aua pcc:n. A. ANDRIESSEN, J72, Federsl SL, - ALLECHENV, PA. HOME Ml ft?-' llr. J. Johnaonk of FUIiiJelphia Ccod and Reliable Hood's Cured Malaria and Less of Appetite. The Mlowir.;; letter is from a crarVman wiih-ly known ia th" sertion of 1'hila.li j hia wbi re he iiv.s, tx-ias a member of the I. O. C. l;eU Men, Oriier of Toiili. and the Kepr.bli'-aa t'lub. and a popular sptadt tr irt public meetings: " I dare say that I am more j!ai in taking Hood's Srsaparilla than Its proprt-tors are lo seiiir? it I tixik tt tor nialaria and loss ot a1''i-'j:,. m.i itn fart Uinr e hive roiiilaued to tise it m our f:t.Tiiiy S'.fiicKt e'.itieive of our ctn.rj iea-e h rs efiica-y. My hl tasted bvlt-r r-ii3uci tiiore iiiuraUy. My ilts aad Hood's Cures d luzhter say ITood's .Sararariria h alio very ir.ii'. ii in. proved my ron!p.i-ii,Ht. regard It pool aui rcliiti.1. arid recotuii,ond it to all .f our Snecif." James Jvtisavs, oZX E. Indiana Ae.. I'Litipliia. l'i- noOQ 5 r!,IS vuie iiei juiiuiL-v, Ui btiiiesi, sck Ucadaoae and conbtiparjon. 2Zc SPRING An nouncemenX We have now on sale our New Importations of AU-WOOL FRENCH CHALLIES, CRESS GINGHAMS EMBROIDERIES, LACES, and mil I be j:?aed to sv.t.mit Samples By 3IaiL You'd find tbe Styles and Values sar psing pood. AU-Wool "CHALLIES, 3 and CI inch CofxJa in Ligbt and Dark Grounds in large variety of Choice New S'y Irs, 4 o, Ooc, iVi :::::: 40 Pieces FRENCH ZEPHYR GINGHAMS Pres r-ry'.es 25 cent qualities at 1C cent, while this lot lasts only. ::::: : : NEW SATIN STKIPE and Siik tinp Ginghams fast colors and washable :::::::: : FIlENCn ZEPHYR GINGHAMS E rant Xe Stylo. Jt, "V. : : : NOVELTY GINGHAMS- 35 cents ANDERSON " " .35 " EMBROIDERIES. Tbe l'',') styles represented in this stock enibraets so many lines and such a range of prices, thai it is impossible here to rce t:on them in drtail. :::::: : : If you ril! make ki.own to our Mail Order Dep't your Kaibroidery and Lace wants fur your sp'"'"? eewinj, you wili receive tangles representing sucb onasual values aud tj iish pa'.ieres as will surely please and merit your approval. Try it. Boggs & Buhl, 115, 117, 113 on-i 121 Ft-Lral Srrri, slLLEGHEW Y, PX. A. H. HUSTON, Undertaker and Embalmer. GOOD HILVRSE aad everrihiiurpertAirilnff to funerals furauhed " on abort notice. Smt Tarkev'iwt Street Somerset, Ttot't Jl-li CURTIS K. GROVE, SOMERSET, PA. BCWIES. 6UCIGH3, CARRIAGES, BPRIXo WAG05S, BCCS WA0OK9. AM) EASTEES ASD WISTESS WORX rornlAbed M Bbort Socle. Paintmg Done ox Short Time. M y work I made oat jf yVrMidA'y .trnmmrr! Wood, and in. ifc hm nui iKnf, juUtantlally Cofwtracted. Seaiiy Fiawbed. and Warranted to give iaiiafaetuni 2rplo7 Cz!7 Flrst-Eaa Tcrla. Bj nair r of An Ttsds rn If r L!re TVioe oa eWtjiotura. Prkaa BXAdONA&LK. aad All Work Warrantd. Call and Ei Amice my Mock, aad Learn FrVea I do Tano-work. aad rornUA Selves for Wind KlUa emember the place, and call In. CURTIS K. GROVE. (XaataTCocn Eotue) SOMERSET. Tt. HARDWARE I HARDWARE ! I am now prepared to areorasiodate tbe pub lie wstb anv an J eTerytf.in in Ui. Hir-i war. liae Or tbe a tuiuoo rceou? nlf le my former l:se aad my price erialieuc eorapeiluon. it yixi . an: a irin, a reroiver, a knife, a w. a gimlet, an auer, a tHcycie. a pair of kate. hiaf e, rre, aaiia, borw; ah. korse bi.Dk eta, or anyimcf cise ia LatiI are at loweat price call oa me. Herman Bantley, Clinton St., Johnstown, Pa Somei SOMRSET, PA., VHE PAUPER'S PRAYER- What, can U be tbai the oid man. Who has toUed so iocf and well. Tlit no place in the old farm house. Where he In peace can dwell, I am an re I toiled ail my days These risa, broad field to clear. And no I'm old and bent and srray. There is ao room for me acre. Aad mis: I leave the dear old place. That once I called my own. And torn my feeble, tocerinc steps To yuoder pacnart' home T Ah. little thought I, John, my sou. When I cave thishooae and grouad. The day would ever come when yon Woa'.d throw me on the town. 'Til trw, I am old aad treble tow. 1 have not got kng to stay ; 'Tls cruel that the poor oid man I so much In your way. Once I was young and iiron? a yon, And I toiled with might and trfe To tare this land aad hjcat-, my o3. To start loa ell in life. "It e"J thai poor old mother's gr ne. It vouid break ber heart, I know. To leavt the home we called our own, Aad to the poor boose go. But up In heaven the walu for me. In that land so pore and fair. Aad I'm sure 1 11 not be In the way. There will be room for m there. Well, I will go, good by, my son. You have turned your Uaad on me. But, while I live, one pACper s prayer W Ul ever be for thee. ADd, when I am deAd, remember, John, Yon drove me to ay doom ; Let none who filled my path with Ibonu ljr.p ioJtion mv tomb. HIS SACRIFICE. He in re away a great chance ofsuc cew and had been a happier man ever since. There is no one but myself in England now who knows exactly bow it happened, and sj I wad thinking over it to-niht isooiethini in the papers about a clever detective in New York brought it all fresh to my mind,) it seemed to tae such a queer story altogether - that I think it will interest others to know it. I must just alter one or two of the names, that's all, because it is not so very 1 jdj since it happened, and it came out in one or two papers at the time, but all m jre or less wide of the mark. Nune of them had just the rights of it. You see, no one could make out how Allan got away so eui!y no one except my friend And I, And one man over the seas and not even the ca'.est Yankee cou'.d ever guess the truth. It is stranr than fiction, as you wa ill find. But this is the story. It is not my story at all ; I mean not about my own life. It is about a friend of mine, George llArksjn. If I told you his real name, you would probably remember At once ; he was one of the beet known detectives of that time. Talk about five sensed, George had ten At lead, lie could see Around a case And through a man, and into your mind al most, and tell you what you were think ing of, better than you knew yourself. And all so quiet ; you would not think he saw much, but he had taken in every thing at a gUnce, And forgotten nothing. I have known him to look into room that he had never seen before, and in the evening, when we were sitting together, he would describe thAt room, do n to the maker's name on the clock, as minutely at if he were holding pict ure of it in his hand at the time. He worked on his own account, And he had constaut and well paid employ ment since the day he tracked the man who robbed the bank of Westminster; yoa may remember the case A daring, daylight robbery. He traced him, after a long search, to Paris, And spotted him there as a garcon in a cAfe A good dis guise, too. Georje was in Spain After that for a long time and then went to Cairo, so I did not see him for more than a year. He came back with a reputation more brilliant than ever, and settled down in to the same rooms be had share 1 with me before he left. He was a middle aged man when I knew him, And the severe mental strain of his employment, together with home troubles, made him seem older than he was. His wife, to whom he had been much Attached, hAl died mAny years be fore. His only son, too, had turned out badly, got into debt the old story of a weak ill influenced by bad compan ions and then had emigrated to the gId diggings, and was believed to have died there, after a few ui years of riot and diai;at:on. His father had built many hopes on his only son, And carried about an annealed wound caused by the bitter disappointment of all bis expecta tions. At the time I am writing about, I saw there was something more than usual on George's mind. Ha never talked much about w hat he was engaged in, and I took care never to bother him with ques tions, out it happened that a chum of mine, name J Miles, told me that George had missed a gxl clew, ana that another man, named Smollett, was beginning to make a name, and was now bent on out doing George. He had once run to earth someone whom George Lad failed to trace, and his reputation was secure. To outshiae one of the best men then at work as a high gtme to try for, but Smollett was trying, no less. Not long af.tr I met Miles again in Oxford street. He told me that Smollett had scored again, and that George had missed a find he had made pretty sure of. I pooh poohed the whole thing. "Chance, all chance. Fine thing for Smollett more lack than good manage ment, no doubt," I said, feeling rather nettled, I own. "Wait a bit and yoa will S3 which is the best man of the two." Til back Sin," began Miles, bat he remembered that George was my friend, and Slid no more. I came across Miles in very nearly the some place next day. "Heard the latest ? he shouted, and then proceeded to ex plain that a forger, who had been wanted for some time, was supposed to be in London, And thAt a Urg3 reward was ofiVred for him. "Both on the war trail, this time," said Miles. "Which will be the bast man now, eh ? Getting exciting, isn't it 7" That evening George, who hAd been out All day, came quickly into the room After six. I knew by bis look that he was employed on some important mis sion. His brows were drawn down into a single straight line, and his lips were firmly pressed together. He stood for some time on the hearth rug, evidently deeply in thought. He had not removed his top-coat. "Are yoa offagain?"' I remarked. He looked op guddunly. ESTX-3.D 18J37. "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1893. ""Going to drive to Holloway," he said. "Will yon come?" I knew by that he would tell me more of his errand. I rose at once. He look ed at his watch. "The cab will be around here in a few minutes be said quickly. "I'll tell yoa what it is, Tom, if I miss this I shall give op this work altogether. I have not been very lucky lately, old man, though I have not worried yoa about my aSairs." "They never worry me," I began' "I only wish yoa " "I know I know," he interrupted kindly ; "you think your back is broad enough to carry my care as well as yours but you shall never have mine to bother yoa Tom, while yoa have got any of your own. This is the thing ycu have beard of" and then went on to tell me the details of the case that Miles had referred to. T came across the track this after noon," he said, "and now it is only a question of time." He drew a dep breath of relief and threw his shoulders back. "I did make a mas) of that last thing, and that makes me more keen about this. Yoa see, there's a man" I knew he meant Smollett "who would give a good riit to get hold of this job be fore me, but there's not much fear of my toeing it now." He smiled as he spuke, And looked more hopeful than he had d ne for a long time. We said nothing more and drove oil. It was a wet, cold night, and I was glad when the cab stopped and we left it at the corner of a shabby looking side street. "Third floor on the riat," said Georjre, partly to himself, "past the cul yard over the butcher's. Yoa wait here lor two minutee, Tom; if I am not down then, follow me. Back room on the top of staircase. I may want you. Don't stand in tbe wet. Here's a doorway to shelter in." At the end of twuaiinutes I ras climb ing up the narrow dark staircase. No sound of voices anywhere. "Bird's tlown, bad luck to him," I thought. "A wfully hard on George, poor fellow." I was at the top when sa J Jenly there came the sound so seldom heard of a man's voice broken by sobs, striving to speak quickly and cohere:, t'y. "Ah ! found it's no go confessing his sins, I Euppcne." I smiled to myself, and pushed the door ajar. "Aii, how could I have known George's voice; always so quiet, so self-controlled? How could I recogniz George him self, kneeling on the 2r by the siie of a miserable bed, holding in his arms the figure of a man? Ahead was oa his shoulder; his hands were smoothing back the dark hair from a thin white face on which his own tears were fat falling. "Come, my boy, no time to lose. Yoa knowine? Bob, dear, quick; say you know me your father. Yoa must get out of this. No one know but me, Bob, no one will know, no one will follow yoa quick, quick ." He turned round And saw me. He had forgotten my existence, but now seemed to think that I knew everything. No explanation that this was his lost son, whom he had tracked to earth, and whose discovery was to bring him so much credit No thoug'.it of ihe object fi.r which he had come. Tue detecti ve was not there; in his place stood, a broken hearted lather, with but one thought in his mind how best to get his unhappy son out of the reach of the law which had so nearly caught hi in. "Come," he cried, ia a hoarse whisper to me, "help him to stand, he is so weak ; we must arrange for him." I had glanced around the place. The squalid poverty of the unclean room, the well worn pack cf cards lying on the chair by the bed, the empty bottle on the other fide, and the stale smell of spirits and tobacco in the room ail told the same tale and bore silent but unmistaka ble witness to the complete matery of evil habits. But of all ttis George seem ed to see nothing. The sharp scrutiny of the detective had girn place to the lov ing look of a father, to whom ail forgive ness was possible. With hasty hands he had taken off his hat, great coat and scarf, and was now hurriedly putting them.on the figure who offered no help, and who seemed too dazed and bewildered to speak. "Here is money, my bov," he whimper ed in a husky voice ; "it is all I have njx, butjyou shall have more ; and here take care of this," hurriedly writing a few words oa a scrap of paper. "See, I put it in the breast po-jket with the purse. It is the name of a houe in Liv erpool. Stay their until yoa hear from me, an J then yoa shall get right away from this, T.:er- is a ctb waiting at the coraer; tell him ta drivutottie n-arest station. Yea nnjerstaad me, Rjb the money is here ia thi pocket. No quick ! If any I read the thought in his heart What if some one had come on the clew which ha 1 helped him, and should be now cn the way. "All ready?'' I asked. "Yes. Now go. I dare not go with yoa. Do not lose a moment. Down stairs and then to your left. Tell hiui to drwefast. God bless yoa Bob." Following him to the bead of the stairs with broken utterances of endearment and caution, George watched the un steady figure descend the steps and list ened with strained ears until he caught the sound of wheels driving rapidly np the street. We waited for what seemed to me a long lime ia silence which I dared not break. Then we went out into the wet and deserted street We stopped at the corner where tbe cab had waited, and I watched my friend as he stood under the gas lamp looking into the aarkeeas, not heeding thAt the rain was beating upon his uncovered head. There is a better smile on his face now than the smile be wore early in the even ing at the thought of his coming suocea. ilia reputation toald suffer greatly be yond doubt, bat what is that to him. lis stands there a defeats-1 and a satisSed man. I Always meet Miles when I want to keep out of his way. S I wai not sur prised to come across him next day. "Ha, ha!" he shoa eL "Qieer go, wasn't it, Tom ?" "What was?" "You haven't beard from Markson ? Oh, of coarse he would be as a fish. Hard aaaOA9Maa ID lines on him, too, when be had got the whole thing as neat 'as could be. Went to the very house yesterday where Allen was. The man at the pub. saw him go into the house. Ha! hal What does my lord Allen do? Awfully sharp fel low ! Lets himself down by a rope out of the back window and goes off in Markson's own c:.b not bad, ha ! ha ! Markson rushes after him too late! Smollett is furious that he was just out of it He found out where Allen was hiding, and came on the scene a day behind the fair. Pity he did not get the chance. He'd have nailed him. I think Markson made an awful mull of it, and now the fellow has got clean away. Who's the beet man now ? You can't say much f r your side now, Tom." As I watched him striding off I thank ed God Smollett did not get the chance. Not a Dictionary. She was a young teacher from the East on her way to the Western Mates to teach school. She hal gone away from home with an idea that her destination was in a "wild and woolly"' p'uice, and that the biggest crop was Indians. Her idea rapidly changed, however, and as she was speeding on toward the broad Paci.'ic she confided her doubts about civilization to fellow passenger, a harmlesa-looaing, middie-aged man, and told the purrx,se of her trip wx to teach school. "Are you prepared ?" he aked, ia the tone of a clerical examinerto one about todeparton the long journey from which there is no end. "Yes," she said, timidly; "I thick so. so. I have been graduated twice, and I taught a whole year at home." "Indeed ! You have some advantage, any way. Will you permit me to ask ycu a few questions?" "Oh, yes ; I wish you would. I have passed good examinations in the Ki-it, but I think I don't fully understand Western ideas." "We!!, suppose yoa tell me what con stitutes glass?'' Why, white sand and why, I don't remember what ele. How qaetr ! I am so eorry. I wish" "Oh, never mind. Don't get excited. It's all righL Where is oluuiin.mn found?" " h, it is mined, isn't it?'' "No, it is a proda.rt of manufacture. What is brass made of?' Tlie muscles about her mouth quivered and her voice trembled slightly as she said :- "I jtuess it is made of copperas 1 iron, bat I don't know. "It's so stupid of me to forvet, but I have worked so hard to remember everything, an 1 I haven't suc ceeded. It makes me feel very bad." "My dear young lady, yoa are on the road to success. You can't teach the young idea how to shoot any better by knowing ,the composition of all things probable. Know fewer things, but know them well What the West is flooded with is walking encyclopedias, and we've had enough of them. Just throw of your ! anTwrfliliw bnAA iMl r an.! vnn'11 a:v. I ceed." And she did. ZVv.'i tWe V. Practical Philosophy. When we say that a man is sound we generally mean that he agrees with us. When a man is no good At anything in particular his friends Matter his van ity by calling him "versatile." Some cf us reserve our best smile for select occasion, as though earing it upon all occasion would not improve it The self ma le mm ho! Js that his pa rents were minnows and he is a whale. Tnere is one lucky thin, about spoiled chi'.Jrea we never have them in oar own family. A widow is ons who hts buried her husband; a gra widov is one who has simply mislaid him. Matrimony is a high ssa for which no core pass has yet been invented. A shaiow is always darker and lar-er thaa tie figure that makes it. A man's hates and his dislikes always determine his true character. A man's ailinities determine what he is and ho he is. On the Wrong Road. An Episcipal rector w u recently riding behind a burly son cf Erin in an accom modation train. At first ttiir.s were fair ly quiet, but soon the Irishman began to let out a torrent of oaths, for some reason or other. Tue rector stool it about as long as he could, and then eonciu Jed he would take a hail ia the wickel mtu's conversation. Hi smoothed his cravat aal thea leaned over and daintily touch ed the Irisumaa on the jumper. The wicked m ta looked aroan l hastily. "Ahem! my dear sir," faiterel the rector, ta he gaz?d at the I-ishtnau's wondering fao. "Bat you'll allow me he:u to tell yoa thii you're oa the straight road to perdition. Ttie Irishman looked shocked for a moment. Thea he male a sudden taove ment from his seat. "Dom !" he cried. "Oi tank ye, soor. Oi t 'ought Oi a as goin' to Lynn." Dj-m Character is what we are when we think we are not watched. It won't do any good for a Christian to talk loader than he livea. Gl speaks whenever and wherever his truth is made known. A lie is always an enemy, no matter how well meaning it may look, The man who rides abobbra!ys wants the whole road for himself. A boy's idea of having fua ia to be al lowed to make all the noise he can. Nothing make a man so mad as to be shown the faceof the devil ia himse t It never hurts the cause of the devil a bit tor a stingy man to talk ia church. Ilirii. " Yoor teacher says yoa are the worst boy in the school," said a widow, whoee husband had been cremated, to her son. "Ye, ma, I know lama bad boy." "If yoor father knew how yoa are mis behaving yourself he would kick the dast op in his urn." The man with plenty of fat mortgages live on the lien of the land. "Mamma," said little Neil, "ia it the artificial rain thAt makes the artidcial Sowers grow ?" The Widow's Mite. "Mamma, I thought a mite was a little thing. What did the Lord mean when He said the widow's mite was more than all the money the rich men gave V Mamma thought a minute then said : "Lola, I will tell yoa a story, and I think you will underhand why a widow's mite was more valuable thad ordinAry mites. "There was a girl whose name was Kit ty, and she had ever so many dolls. Some were made of china, aad others of wax, with real hair, and eye thAt would open and shut, but Kitty was tired of taem ail, except ihe newest one, which her auntie had given her at Chiistmsa. One day a poor little girl camt to the door begging, and Kitty's mother told ber to go and get one old doll and give it away. She did so and her old doll was like what tbe rich men put in the treasury. She '.-ou! 1 give it Away just as well as not, and it didn't coet anything. "The poor little beggar was delighted with her doiL She never hAd but one before, Anil thAt was a rag doll; but this one had such lovely curiy hair, And such An elegant pink silk drew ou, she was almost afraid to hold it against her dirty shawl for fear of soiling it ; so she harried home as fast as she could. Just as she was going up stairs to her poor rooms, she saw through the crack of the door ia the basement her little friend, Sa!!y, who had been sick in bed all summer, and who was alone all day while her mother went out washing to try and earn money enough to keep them from starving. As our little girl looked through the crack she thought to herself, "I most show Sally my new do'iy." So she rushed into the room and np to the bed, crying, 0 Sally, see ! Sally tried to reach out her arms to take it, but she was too sick, so her littl friend held np the dolly, and as she did so she thought 'How sick Sil ly looks to-day ! and she hasnt any dol ly. Then, with one generous impulse, she said, Here, Sally you may have her.' "Now, Lulu, do yoa see? Tbe little girl's do:ly was like the widow' mite rhe gave her all." G -'.Uu Ws-L. The Value of Character. The Captain of a large steamer was once fiiiin np his crew for a long voy age when a seaman came np and said : "I want to sail with yoa, sir." "All rubt, my man," replied the Cap tain. "Where have yoa sailed before ?" "P. and .,sir, to Australia." "What countryman ?" " An i.hrish man," was the ready re sponse. The discharge was obtained, and as the Irishman was presenting it another seaman came np and said he wanted to join. " What line were you oa before T ask ed the captain. "Canard, sir." "What country m An ?" " English, your Honor." "All right Go forward." Shortly After, as the two were washing th: decks in a heavy sea, the Englishman wassJtept overboard, backet And alL j Unmoved, Paddy finished his job and thea went to the captain's cabin. "Come in," responded the orScer to his rap. "What's up cow?" '"Do you remember Bill Smith, the Eng lishman and Cunarder ?" queried Pat ' Certainly, my man." "Yoa took h:m without a character?" "I believe so ; what of that ?" "ili's gone overboard wid your buck et. To-morrow Never Came. Two prominent men who were maca gers of iould interests at this city seme years aro received telegram one day which rea l something like this : New Yocc, If convenient anl not interfering with business, would like to see yoa Monday morning. j it Gocld. It was equivalent to An order to eo to New Y'ork, And there being nothing to de:a"n them thev went, reaching there Sualay night Next morning they re ported at Mr. Mould's otfice. He greeted them pleasantly, asked them when they arrive 1 and then said : ' I a n very busy now. Come Lack at this hour to-n:orrw." They complied of cource, and Tuesday, Wednesday, ThurJy received the same word. Friday Mr. Gu!d said he would sti'l be too bujy to see thea and did not kaow when he could g?t time. Hi was glad they had come. " When are you going home?" he ask. ed. "Tonight," they both replied prompt ly, fir they knew hi war. OmJ.j VrlIIrr.J.l. Golden H.nts for the House Hold. Eggs covere.1 when frying will cook ni ach more evenly. If you heat your knife, yoa can c'Jt hot bread as smoothly as cold. A little floor dredged over the top of a cake will keep the icing from running. Tbe white of an eg, with a little sugar aad water, is good for a child with an ir ritable stomach. Clear, black coff.-e, dilated with water and containing a little ammonia, will cleanse and restore black clothes. A large slice of potato in the fat when frying doaghnats will prevent the black specks from appearing on their surface. By nibbing with a flannel cloth dip pek in whiting, the brown discoloration may be taken off of cups which have been osed for baking. A little powdered borax in baby's bath water prevents the little one's skin from chafing, and he is not so liable to " break oat w-th heaL"-vt-,f."i. For a number of years I have been subject to violent attacks of infiamma tory rheumatism which generally lasted about two months. Oa the first of this month I was attacked ia the knee and suffered severely for two days, when I l procured a bottle of ChamberlAin's Pain Balm And it relieved me Almost instAnt ly. I therefore most cheerfully recom mend it to those who Are similarly af flicted elsewhere. R. D. Whitley. Mar tindale, X. O, Feb, lvA Mr. Whitley ia very prominent man in this place and his disease as very widely known as he su5erexl such severe pain. W. M. Howt on & Co, Merchants, Martindale, N. C. 60 cent bottles tor sale. "Oh, mam ma! why does the preacher always say 'lastly 'in the middle of hi sermon.?" ii- o WHOLE NO. 2170 A Place for Bridal Couples. In Washington the other day a report er made a pilgrimage op the Washing ton monument, and while he waited for the elevator, which is no small task, as it makes only one trip in a half hoar, he fell into conversation with the doorman in charse of the struct are. " Yoa see," said that worthy, "we have to watch oat sharp about the n amber of people in hers. The elevator will carry 00, and the first thirty that come in sit over here and wait It's just like a bar ber shop, and if anybody gcea oaiaide to see the shadder, like as not he'll get left," "To see the what?" asked the reporter innocently. "The shalder. The monument's shad der. Havent yoa seen it V "No." " Well, don't go oat now or mebbe yoa will get left There'sil in here already." " Twenty-four," said the New York uiio doubtfully. "I mAke it 28." "So there Are, bat four don't count" "Why?" "BridAl couples." "Don't they go up V "Certainly." "Well, then, I don't see" began the reporter, but just then thecoap'es alleg ed to be brides and bridegrooms arose al most simultaneously and sauntered to ward the stairs, op which they presently disappeared. "See?" inquired the doorman benevo lently. "Do yoa mean yoa can tell the bridal couples by their walking up instead of riding T' "I do. Them and little boys is about the only ones that walks." "I don't quits nnderstAnd," taid the reporter innocently, with dim visions of plixlding along breathlessly np the end less iron staircase. "Didn't suppose yoa woald," said the doorman scornfully. "Beckon you don't know them stairs is just one mile long and the tin est place for hoggin' in the j Vnited States'.'" .W- lort TrA,. The Brain. The human brain is one of the most delicate, most wonderful, moet marvel ous structures that the mind can con- ; ceive. It is an engine which is only a few inches in diameter, the average weight of which is iess than fifty ounces, which coatains hundreds of millions of cells and fibers, these cells and fibers va rying in thickness from on-lhree-hun-dredth to one-millionth of an inch. Ev ery square inch of gray matter affords substrata for the evolution of at least eight thousand nvistered and separate ideas ; substrata in the wholex brain for evolving and registering tens of millions of them, besides the power of recalling them under appropriate stimulus ; it transmits thoughts, emotions, sensation and volition by distinct fibers, whose j time working has ingeniously measured to the fraction of a second. This most wonderful and beautiful piece of mech sn ism, then, that works so smoothly, so easily, and without friction and pain when in order and not overburdened, needs only to be aoased and overtaxed in order to have the nutrition of every part of the body disturbed, and the func tions of the various organs rendered morbid. It need only a certain amount of nervous exhaustion, varying with dif ferent people, to open the inro ids of neu ralgia and its brood of torments, and to many forms of retlex nervous symptoms that render life a burden. In the Days of Forty-nine. Af:er the city and county of -Sacramento were organized in ls-VOthe lawful au thorities attempted to remove the squat ters. Over had organized, and when the sheriff attempted to rem ive a sq lat ter he was met by an armed mob. Mayor Bigler then called cpon the cit izens to aid the sheriff, and with a small body of cit s -ns he halted the m ob and ordered them to disperse. His commands were met by defiance, and the leader or dered Lis men to fire. The mayor and his horse were wounded, and his little band fied. I was behind a tree. I heard a voice rising above the yell of the mob order ing them to surrender. Thinking that re enforcements bad arrived, and looking from my shelter, I was surprised and fas cinated to we only a solitary LorsemAn facing the maddened mob and ordering them to surrender. His orders were met, a were the mayor'?, by a volley of mus ketry. Instead of falling or retreating, the rider held his rearing horse in check, and as the horse came down on its feet Mr. McDonald colly fired both hi pis tola, each wounding a man. Th is une qual contest continued until Mclcnaid bad emptied his weapons. His Last shot brought down the leader. As the leader fell McDonald was aided by the snerirf and posue, when the rabble dad. .1 Fur-ty-Htwr iit Sfr York I'm. A Philos pher. "Come, let's crow the street," said a man to a friend with whom he was walk ing. "I don't want to meet that fellow Spigett lowehirn." "Why are yoa so much afraid to-day? Yon met him yesta iday and shook bands with him." "Yes, but it was different" then." "Why so?" ' Brcanse I had on old clothes yester day, but I have on a ne to-day, my dear fellow," affectiooately taking bis fiiend's arm. "Nothing can rival a suit oi new clothes in the mitter of inviting dona. If yoa owe a man, he tdinks it ia yoor duty to wear sack cloth and ashe until yoa pay him." Twu SjHm WITH Ely's Cream Balm a child cab be treated withoat ptin an-l with perfect safety. It cures catarrh, hay (ever and olds in the head. It i easily applied into tbe nostrils an I gives immediate re lief. Price 0O cents. MY catarrh was very bad. For thirty years I Lave been troubled with it have tried a number of medicines without re lief. A dtuggist advised Ely's Cream Bala. I hAve osed only one bottle aad I can say I feel like a new man. I make this voluntary statement that others may know of the Balm. J. W. Mathewson, t. Lawyer), Pawtocket, R. L When a grown boy voluntarily kisses bis mother, it is sals to say there ia a show coming to town. A Senator and Potatoes. Senator Warren, of Wyoming, owe his first start in life to a hopeless-looking potato patch. He was the son of a Maa sachnsetts farmer who didn't tAke stock in education, and the boy was tied op to hard (arm work. With hi mother's aid he had received some elementary school icj, but anything beyond thAt seemed hopeless, tecanse every honr cf his time was claimetl. Oae sr.ring there were a few seed potatoes left over After planting and Mr. Warren told the lad he might stick them in for himself in a very rocky patch of Und, provided he gave in return a certain number of bushels for the use of the soil It was a hard deal, bat yoang Warren's grit rose to the occasion. The land was too rocky to plow, if he had had the means to do so, but be broke it np some how, and stock seed potatoes in where he could. There was a great patch of coarse rooted grass that he cooidnt get over, bat there was still some seed left and fi nally the boy poked it under the edges of the grass wherever he could. He had no hope of soaking anything of hia venture, bat drought and every disease known to the potato world appeared that year, the crop was a complete failare. And Warren was too disheartened even to dig for his spoils. His father, however, insisted oa on it, hot there was nothing but nubbins to reward them. Then Warren in despair lifted the edge of the troublesome grass with a crowbar, and there were potatoes) St for a king, in spite of the fact that they were oi an in ferior variety. They were big and fine, and lots of them. Tbe result was that the boy managed to rescue enough mon ey to start him at Wilbraham Academy, and from that time on he bent things to his own advantage, no matter what the difficulties. Don'ts for Young Mothers. Don't give mint for the nerves. Don't drug the child with sweet syr nps. Dont give it meat of any kind under any circumstances. lVnt fatigue or agitate the child if you want to keep it well. Don't give things to the baby which everybody recommends. Don't gite it tapioca or farinatrouj f xxlsor potatoes before it is able to rra-i-ticate. Don't develop the child in too narrow a fashion, mature will protect the child herself. Dont give the child drink whenever it cries. Often the fullness of the stomach is the cause of its sufferings. Don't forget aaring teething to give it from time to time some cold water to drink. This i very relieving te the in flamed little gums. Ion't fail to accustom the child to regularity in meals. To give it the breast every hour or every second hour will surlice during the first months. Don't give it castor oil in case of con stipation, but tenderly rub the abdomen. If the child is delicate and emaciated, rob its body with olive oil alter each bath. Don't allow the child to tear or to de stroy things for its amusement I have seen mothers give their babies books and other things to mutilate, infusing by so doing the instinct of destruction. ILate M I'juune. "But Don't Kilibuster." "To come to what I was to say, 3Iusi Quickstep," began the rising young states man, the honorable member from the Sixteenth district, clearing his throat, "yoa mast have suspected that I " What a queer thing a cat is, isn't it, Mr. Hackers? See how quickly pussy get acquainted with one. Rjbs hoc bead against yoa and purrs as if she had known yoa All her life." "Yes, a cat is a qu-ser animal. I haven't ar.y great admiration for rat, I confess, but to return to aai I wai about t say , Miss Amanda, yoa will pardon me if I seem too presumptuous when I tell yon that I-" "Don't yoa think 'Mr IsiacV is a very wenderful story, Mr. Hackers?" "Yes, it's a great story. But what I want to say that I" ' And are you reading 'Benefits Forgot?" "No. always wait till a magazine story is finished before I tackle it But listen to me just a moment. Miss Amanda, I "Doesn't it seem to you, Mr. Hackers, that the study cf Dante is" "Amsn la H tickstep!" exclai.ned th yoang Congressman, irrpttioosly, If ton thin k you don't want to be my wife give me a ch in re t p it trie q lesti a 1 1 truly and then say no, if yoa moot, but for heav en's sake don' t filibuster !" "Naw" Po3t orric3 Rules; A funny px'mirter receutly sent to the Post Orfice Department a now set of Post OtEce rules. Taey were: A pair of onions will go for two cent. Ink bottles must bo corked when sent Ly mail. Persons are compelled to lick their own postage s tamps and en velopes ; the post master cannot be compelled to do this. Persons are earnestly reqnefetcd not to send postal carj with money orders in closed, as large so an are lot ia that way. Nitro-glyc-rine mast be forwarded at the risk of the sender. If it should blow np in the s-ostiuater's band be cannot be held responsible. When letters are received bearing no direction the persons for whom they are intended will please signify the fact to the postmaster that t'ley may at odaw b forwarded. Asall postmaeters are ex pert linguists) the address may be written in Cniikeoe or Chocta . It is unsafe to mail appie or fruit tree with the fruit on them. It is earnestly re- tested that lovers writing to their girt will please confine their gushing rhapsodies to the itaside of the envelope. Docks cannot he ceut throngh the mail when alive. The qtacking woulj disturb the slumber of Liae clerks on the poeUl can. When waU he are sent through tbe mail, if the sender wi I pot a notice oa the outside, the postmasters will wind and keep in running order. John South gets his mail from 674 "iU poet office, hence a letter dir-cted to John Smith, United States, will reach him. When yoa send a money order in a letter, always write full and explicit in sertions in the same letter, so that any person getting the letter can draw the money. Alligators over ten f.-et in length ar not allowed to be transmitted by mail. The placing of stain p upside down oa letters i prohibited. Several postmasterw have recently been seriously injur d w hiie trying to stand on their bead t cancel stampw placet! in this ruaaner. Father Well, Totnra., how do yoa think yon will like this little- fellow for a brother? Tommy inspecting the new infant somewhat doubtfully) Have. got to keep him, papa, or is he only a) nan pie? I)
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